Convict cichlid sexual maturity

[Cichlids-r-beasts]

Great looking Cons, not accounting the confetti gravel ?

Get ready now. Every three weeks or so you get another batch. I ended up getting fish to pick off the fry. Catfish, Swordtails, Roseline sharks do a great job.

Blame the substrate choice on my girlfriend?

 

[Cichlids-r-beasts]

They will attack your hand if you put it in the aquarium. They are brave for their size and actually one of my favorite all time Cichlid.

Yeah the male is already flaring at my hand through the glass and so is the female, adorable little fish they are, tons of personality

 

[Jexnell]

Yeah the male is already flaring at my hand through the glass and so is the female, adorable little fish they are, tons of personality

Wait till water change day. Will bite you like a pack of toothless piranhas

 

[Cichlids-r-beasts]

Wait till water change day. Will bite you like a pack of toothless piranhas

Great, I’ll now have to watch out for my 11 inch female buttikoferi, Bumblebee and now a pair of convicts. How exciting!?

 

[Jexnell]

The bigger the fish the worse the bite....
Double bite from a 8 inch Sagittae.

 

[Cichlids-r-beasts]

The bigger the fish the worse the bite....View attachment 1408654
Double bite from a 8 inch Sagittae.

Ouch! Worst bite I ever got was from Rambo, my 8 inch male Texas Cichlid and that pales in comparison to what u got. I’m absolutely terrified of what my Buttikoferi can do considering the jaw power they have.

 

[Jexnell]

Well after that bite he is netted while I clean the tank. No more bites!

 

[Jexnell]

It wasn't his first attack....

 

[Cichlids-r-beasts]

It wasn't his first attack....
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You’re lucky. I tried netting her but she ripped it apart and I had to buy another one.

 

[Jexnell]

You’re lucky. I tried netting her but she ripped it apart and I had to buy another one.

He is so used to it now he swims into it and lays down......?